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A post about substituting "street drugs"? (discuss.online)
submitted 3 months ago by DelightfullyDivisive@discuss.online to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I came across a post on Reddit where a commenter implied they were using non-prescription drugs to manage their ADHD when they couldn't get a stimulant prescription for whatever reason.

Nobody would name the drug(s) for fear of being banned. From context it seemed some people were talking about a stimulant, and others marijuana. What might the stimulant be? Meth? If so, how would you dose that, and would it actually work?

I'm just curious, not intending to try it myself. I can get a prescription easily enough, and I have no desire to put myself in legal jeopardy. I am wondering if the meth version of amphetamine would work better, about the same, or not as well, though. I don't know the effects first-hand, but if it's anything like cocaine (I was an adult in the late 80s when coke was more popular), it doesn't seem like it would be helpful.

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Besides the legal issue, there's also the problem of such drugs being highly addictive, highly damaging, and those who distribute such drugs not caring much for laws overall. So even if such drugs indeed trigger a part of the person ADHD would hinder, the risks far outweigh the benefits.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But about how they would work, I think you can compare any to caffeine:

Caffeine is a drug with stimulant effect that people use to circumvent tiredness. But the stimulus is not lasting, so the person needs to drink again after some hours. And as the body grows resistant to it, and the brain associates the product to the effect, you need to take in more and more, at the risk of getting abstinence otherwise.

[–] DelightfullyDivisive@discuss.online 11 points 3 months ago

I don't find caffeine effective for ADHD, but amphetamine (Adderall) is. It is quite likely that the mechanism of action for methamphetamine is much more like other amphetamine formulations.

That said, I'm not even sure if they were talking about meth or something else.